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• If you look at Valken’s Facebook page, you can see possibly a prototype loader of some sort on a Proton. Minions are enroute to give everyone a proper interrogation.
• I’m told by Valken insiders that Muller (who remains awesome) actually enjoys the interrogations by TFR Minions.
• KEE Action Sports has a new Marketing Manager. Long time paintball player Scott Quarles has joined the KEE team, taking the place of the ‘infamous’ JK. Henceforth Mr. Quarles will be known here as either “Quarles” or simply “Q”.
• Valken Corps Ryan Sexton has two more regional commanders coming online…names to be announced.
• Other insiders at Valken tell me that Protons are flying off the shelves, and more are coming into fill orders. I’ve been told that I’d be reviewing one, so stay tuned!
• Hint, Hint!
• Way up north in British Columbia, the new Valken warehouse is up and running and already shipping to customers.
• Meanwhile, the South got hit twice by the Machine, with Vapor Test Drives happening at Central Florida Paintball in Lakeland, FL last weekend as well as at Low Country Paintball in Ludowici, GA.
• If you haven’t seen this yet, http://www.insideedition.com/news/8605/is-there-a-paintball-connection-in-movie-massacre.aspx , then you know all about the mainstream media beating on our game/sport with their ignorance. That’s all I’ll say here.
• Machine Paintball sponsored team Palm Beach Vipers swept all three divisions at the last CFPS event in Lakeland, FL last weekend. Well, duh! They’re shooting Vapors!
• Taitano dropped by with some news about a new JT brand, Splatmaster: http://thefordreport.com/2012/07/jt-paintball-announces-the-release-of-jt-splatmaster/
• Paintball News is looking for writers and columnists: http://thefordreport.com/2012/07/paintball-news-looking-for-writers-and-columnists/
• Blue and Kat Secor teamed up to defeat the Death Kitty and Bo The Happy Puppy to pass this along: “Tomorrow, Friday the 20th is the last day to save $10 and Pre-reg for the TIPPMANN EXTRAVAGANZA featuring the QUEST for the HOLY GRAIL game at EMR. Don’t miss this Hilarious 26-Hour Hybrid Scenario with a great mix of crazy characters and full fledge battles. Check out all of the info and Game map at http://www.emrpaintball.com/tippmann.shtml .”
• At least Blue isn’t hiding in the back of my car anymore, and Kat is cute….
• The RPL tells me players have 2 weeks until the #4 event…might want to get signed up!
• Meanwhile, the PSP has released the field layout for the MAO.
• And if you thought the Valken compound was sick in Chicago, wait till you see it at MAO…
• Tippmann’s reaching outside of the playing community…way out: http://thefordreport.com/2012/07/tippmann-rocks-promotion-reaches-outside-of-paintball-industry/
• That story gave me the odd visual of Bussler and Goldblatt head banging to heavy metal…
• The Vicious Series announced their event #2 winners.
• It’s Staargate time! If you’re in the UK, this is THE event of the year to check out: http://staargate.moonfruit.com/
• RAP4 has opened up shop in Brazil…I think I need to go down and visit!
• Allen Martin dropped in (literally!) with this: “An autonomous drone was spotted patrolling over Houston, TX Wednesday evening.” took my first flight yesterday with all systems on board except the camera payload.”
• Sonny Lopez brings this to the table: “Here is a short teaser video of the Carmatech SAR12 in action at the world famous Hollywood Sports Park. No one would expect a sniper rifle to be able to be used in a CQB environment right? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bHecEImhLM&feature=BFa&list=UUyElTgMCIs8k946htHG8uNA “
• Uhm…Sonny? Think I could review one of those? I got just the guy to help with the review…
• Had a nice conversation with Dan at APE this week. It was especially nice since we have friends in common, so we were able to talk without having to feel each other out.
• Just received in a Valken Bravo vest for review. I wonder if my hot wife would be willing to model it…
• Virtue is getting ready to roll out their new loader, the Spire.
• ANS Gear is already displaying 2013 soft goods from Eclipse…
• For pump players, there’s word of the “Phantom Revolution” coming soon…
• Out at Paintball Explosion (don’t know where that is) I’m told that HydroTec had paint on sale for people to try….at $95 a case.
• For the Other Than Paintball side of TFR, if you’re looking for something cool to do late in the summer, give Southeastern Expeditions a try…they raft the Chatooga River, and it’s DEFINITELY worth the trip! http://www.southeasternexpeditions.com/
• As everyone knows, I’ve got expensive tastes and expensive hobbies….Ashley and I started this business selling everyday things people actually need, and we’re already doing pretty well with it! Check out our storefront at http://tfrenterprises.acndirect.com and start saving money! Or, drop us a line to see about having your own business!